After burying Elizabeth's body underground, Yuji and Yukina paid their respects and went on their way.
"Yukina, you're.... quite a sentimental person huh?" Yuji said as they started walking away from the grave.
"What makes you say that?" Yukina asked.
"I mean, it's quite obvious," said Yuji, "you even had metal plates to shove the dirt in while another metal plate served as a cover for her body," Yuji said.
"What's your point?"
"What I mean is, you've put so much effort in this, so I thought you ought to be that kind of person..." Yuji said.
Yukina flustered a little, "so what? I do this out of pure tradition... I don't get too attached," she said being a little embarrassed, "I'm a soldier after all...".
As they continued to walk, Yuji takes a good look on his surroundings, noticing how damaged everything is, and how post-apocalyptic the surrounding was.
Silence filled the area, as the slightly strong wind makes smooth sounds as they go through broken and run down buildings.
"You know..." Yuji said breaking the silence, "it's quite amazing how some small building seems to be left unscratched despite what happened,"
"It's like that anywhere, I think it's pretty normal," Yukina said.
"By the way... what are we going to do now?" Yuji said.
"Your asking that now?" Yukina said, "I thought it was pretty obvious, we're going to city A, you'll be living there,"
"Is that so? how will I live there though," Yuji said, "I don't have any relatives, or any money to get through,"
Yukina suddenly stops as she gets an idea, "the government will handle it, as long as you register as a transferee from the the outside of city A, and a survivor of the disaster,".
"Oh, I see... some cash assistance from the government," Yuji said.
"Yeah, enough to get you back on your feet and start working I suppose," Yukina said, "It's different if your going for the military though,"
"Huh?"
"If your planning to get in the military, after something like this, you'll get to live free at the dorms, along with food and other necessities for a student, even with a monthly budget," Yukina said, "as long as your doing a good job at the school though,".
"Is that... the school your currently in?" Yuji said.
"Yeah, and being an S class grants me a lot of useful privileges, more than other regular students" Yukina said.
"I see... so the school runs their treatment depending on the students ranks huh..." Yuji said.
"It's nothing that simple," Yukina said, "the school runs their beneficials by the performance a student do despite their class, it's just... being an S class is an exception, because...".
"Of course, because your S classes and are a symbol of hope," Yuji said, "I don't find anything wrong with that,".
"Yes, well... it's only for S classes, other class and below are all appraised by their performance," Yukina said, "and if there's something I'm not willing to accept... it's that there are people who are such low minded, thinking everything is about a person's class..."
"Another one, other than Erina... how ironic," Yuji thought, "Anyways why did we stop?" He said.
"You see that shop over there?" Yukina pointed out.
"Oh, it seems pretty unscratched," Yuji said, "what about it?"
"When you get to city A, the government will provide you just enough budget to start off..." Yukina said, " besides that... they won't care what you bring in the city, as long as it's not anything suspicious," An ominous aura emerged from Yukina as she turned around at Yuji.
Gulp*
"umm... your point is?" Yuji said in a nervous voice.
"How naive of you to not think of this Yuji..." Yukina said in a smug tone.
They walked over to the shop Yukina pointed out and went inside.
"What I mean is..." Yukina said, "FREE MONEY!" Yukina shouted in joy, as she threw the money she got in the register at the air.
"HAAA!!??" Yuji said being shocked, "that's what you were talking about!?".
"What's wrong? how come you didn't even think about this?" Yukina said.
"Well... what's important is surviving this situation right?" Yuji said, "in fact, I'm more surprised you actually thought of something like that,".
"Is that so?" Yukina said as she takes multiple cash from the register into her shoulder bag, "I mean, think about it, the government will give you money as a compensation, why not slip in a lot more while we're at it? we'll be rich!".
"Well..." Yuji said as he suddenly notice the small shoulder bag Yukina was using.
"Well, I guess I'm already kinda rich in my own way In city A though..." Yukina said.
"Hey..." Yuji said interrupting Yukina, "that bag..."
"Oh! yeah, this is hers," Yukina said, "sorry, does it bother you?"
"No, not really," Yuji said, "there was an amplifier there right?".
"yeah there was, I put it aside with my other ones," Yukina said.
"How much do we have?" Yuji asked.
"About 6 more, it should be enough," Yukina said, "so even if you're immune, don't try to get bitten too much,"
"I don't plan to..." Yuji said, "more importantly... how much are you going to take!?" he said as Yukina continues to take the money from the register.
"Eh? ummm," Yukina said as she continues looting until the register was empty, "I guess this much,".
"You emptied the whole register!" Yuji said.
"Don't worry we'll share it by half," she said holding the bag in front of Yuji, "and look it's not even full yet, as long as we place them orderly we can take a lot more,".
"That's not the point..." Yuji whispered.
"Come one, this much ain't nothing yet," Yukina said, "my last time doing this managed get me eight hundred thousand,"
"Eight hundred thousand!?" Yuji shouted.
"Yeah, it really made my life so easy back in city A," she said with a bright smile, as she held her bag, "oh, how I want to experience it again..."
"I don't even know what to say..." Yuji said not knowing how to react on the situation.
"Oh come on, we risked our lives doing this job, not knowing when will be our last," Yukina said, "enjoying ourselves like... makes us live, therefore..." she turned at Yuji with a bright smile, "makes you want to survive today to live tomorrow doesn't it?"
Yuji's eyes enlarged as if he got a realization from what Yukina said, "Living and surviving are two different things..." he whispered.
"ah! sorry, I don't think I'm making much sense here," Yukina said being embarrassed, "did you say something?"
"No, nothing," Yuji smiled at Yukina, looking like he had a sense of relief or satisfaction, "anyways, you already got that whole register shouldn't we get going?"
"Y...yeah, let's..." Yukina said as she followed Yuji, going out the door.
"We're going to split it by half right? you sure you don't want more?" Yuji said.
"I'm getting rewarded for this a lot more than your government compensation when we get to city A, that's why I'm willing to split this in half," Yukina said, "so you finally understood me..."
"Well... you were quite convincing," Yuji said.
"Where should we go now?" Yuji asked, "going to city A probably won't be a short journey, I'm guessing we should gather supplies?"
"Yep, might as well get some equipment for carrying things too," Yukina said.